Anti-Virus For Windows NT E-Mail Servers Announced By Trend Micro; Free (Limited Time) Evaluation Copy Available Now Via Web Download.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1996--Trend Micro today announced the immediate availability of a free time-limited version of InterScan E-Mail VirusWall for NT, Trend's newest software offering in the battle against e-mail borne viruses carried by the Internet and Intranets. The software detects viruses in STMP STMP - Did you mean SMTP? e-mail traffic, supporting all popular e-mail systems: Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. , Lotus cc:Mail, Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. Mail, Netscape, Eudora, Pegasus, Groupwise and SendMail among others. The evaluation software is available now for downloading from www.antivirus.com. InterScan E-Mail VirusWall for NT works by scanning the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol See SMTP. (messaging) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - (SMTP) A protocol defined in STD 10, RFC 821, used to transfer electronic mail between computers, usually over Ethernet. It is a server to server protocol, so other protocols are used to access the messages. traffic, ensuring a high level of centrally-maintained security. It has low overhead, quick installation, and a full feature set that automates administration. Notification features are excellent: when a virus is detected, InterScan E-Mail VirusWall alerts the recipient, system administrator and sender of the virus. This helps stop virus proliferation early, hampering a virus' effort to "exponentially proliferate." E-mail VirusWall scans an average e-mail attachment A file that rides along with an e-mail message. The attached file can be of any type. E-mail programs make it easy to attach a file. For example, in Eudora, all you do is select Attach from the Message menu, browse through the folder hierarchy to find the file you want and then double in 0.12 seconds (e-mail without attachments is passed through in a fraction of that time) and works independently of a particular mail system. No client-side software is needed. In addition to providing the free virus scanner See antivirus program. and virus pattern updates, Trend's www.antivirus.com site is the on-line authority on anti-virus, providing a virus calendar, virus alerts, virus encyclopedia, a "Top 10" list of the most prevalent "in the wild" viruses, a virus clinic, and other anti-virus resources. For more information, contact Trend Micro at 408/257-1500 or visit www.antivirus.com or www.trendmicro.com. CONTACT: Trend Micro Inc. Candace Turtle, 408/257-1500 Ext. 307 candace_turtle(at)trendmicro.com |
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